What is located at the terminal end of the respiratory tree?
What is Alveoli?
100
Which of the following blood vessels primarily carry deoxygenated blood?
What is Veins?
100
Patients who present with an acute change in their mental status are considered what transport priority
What is High Priority?
100
Seizures in infants and children are commonly caused by
What is fever?
100
What is an example of a simple sugar?
What is Glucose?
200
What area of the brain is responsible for the gross rate and rhythm of the breathing
What is Medulla oblongata
200
Which of the following blood vessels directly interface with cells throughout the body?
What is Capillaries?
200
An unconscious state in which the patient does not respond to painful stimuli
What is Coma?
200
Which type of seizure is considered to be a secondary seizure?
What is Febrile
200
The clinical effects of diabetes can be described as
What is changes in a patient's mental status due to changes in blood glucose
300
___can cause a patient to become agitated and aggressive.
What is Hypoxia?
300
Whats the pathway the blood takes through the heart and lungs?
What is right atrium, right ventricle, lungs, left atrium, left ventricle, and aorta?
300
The MOST significant problem with a patient who loses the gag reflex would be
What is an inability to protect the airway?
300
Which of the following is the best definition of a seizure?
What is A sudden and temporary alteration in brain function?
300
What is the primary role of glucagon in the body?
What is causes elevation of the blood glucose level?
400
Which of the following conditions can initially present with lethargy and confusion?
What is Hypercarbia?
400
What dose "depolarization" refers to?
What is the contraction of the heart muscle?
400
A common risk factor for thrombotic stroke is
What is high blood pressure?
400
Your patient is having a seizure and has extreme muscular rigidity and is arching her back
What is Tonic
400
Which of the following is a function of the hormone insulin?
What is increasing the movement of glucose into the cells?
500
While you are obtaining your patient's blood pressure, you notice that the needle drops more than 10 mm/Hg each time the patient inhales
What is pulsus paradoxus
500
The processes by which oxygen and nutrients are delivered from the blood through the thin capillary walls into the cells and carbon dioxide and other waste products are removed are known as
What is perfusion?
500
What type of stroke is likely to have the slowest onset
What is Thrombosis-type stroke
500
Which of the following is NOT a potential outcome for a patient with either prolonged or successive seizures
What is Bradycardia and hyperglycemia?
500
The normal blood glucose range for a person who has fasted for 8 to 12 hours is